coL |
My Affection Climbs Over The Sea |
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The balance between pop music and art has been quite abstract in the last 30 years. The work of Talking Heads and Composer - Producer Brian Eno in the early 1980's is such a harmony. The focus of popular musics has largely been a systematic formula of what Eno describes as "very pyramidal". A class system where the lead vocal is at the head of the class. This legates the rest of the instruments and sounds to the backround. What interests coL is the scope of many sounds building to create a sonic landscape that is similar to a flat shape. Also, to have each piece of music(song)exist on it's own in space. Not rooted down by any chord structure or boundary. A lot of what Eno was aiming for, while creating such work, was to physically place the concept of music in a new place, as well as in our minds. It is brave. A lot of what makes up the nature and scape of coL's music is similar. The focus of creating sounds that are understated and modest releases them from any role or idea, and they are free to go where they may, very similar to the concept of improvisation. |
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